Mr. Gresham to Mr. Bayard.
Washington, February 22, 1894.
December 4 this Government yielded to the often expressed desire of Great Britain that further negotiations for making effective the award of the Paris Tribunal be conducted here. The British ambassador having since repeatedly informed me that he had not received expected instructions from his Government, the Department, on January 24, addressed him a note formally proposing the immediate conclusion of a convention to put in force the award, including the regulations, but nothing definite has been heard from Sir Julian, although from time to time I have urged that prompt action was necessary. The duty of the two Governments to give effect to the award is plain and simple. This long delay is difficult to understand, and it is the President’s desire that you represent the matter impressively to Her Majesty’s Government.